The game is to switch as the crow flies into different, immersive worlds. It is entertaining, absorbing and spellbinding. However, with just you and the screen, it can also be isolating. Here comes, gaming YouTubers in picture, who have created online communities that break down barricades between gamers and make them celebrate the charismas, characters and worlds they enjoy together, with other gaming enthusiasts who feel the same.
The developing community element of gaming YouTubers is so outstanding that according to Ipsos, 56 out of 100 gamers on YouTube say that YouTube is where they connect with their gaming communities.
This makes gaming an unpretentious thing to bond about, and it removes a lot of other blockers for intermingling with people. These communities, content, reach and purposeful engagements are strategically used by businesses and brands to promote their offerings.
Because influence, enthusiasm and motivation developed by Indian gamers, inspires their audiences’ behavior & perception for a given product/service/person effectively and keeps them watching and playing. The dopamine is so pleasurable that, according to Economics Times, Indians spend an average of 8.5 hours playing games every week!
Making these neglectable principles changed:
- The Indian gaming market was estimated at $2.6 billion in 2022- 2023, interestingly the projected reach is estimated to be at $ 8.6 Billion, where the world would be growing at a CAGR of ~13%, India will multiply the industry size by more than 300%.
- Digital Gaming Research Initiative: The government of India has already identified the potential and for that they are establishing, a digital gaming research initiative. Government of India organized SERB-INAE Conclave recently to support the Indian digital gaming research space and industry. During the conclave prior importance was given for developing indigenous technologies, applications, designing digital games, etc.
- AVGC Promotion Task Force: Animation, Visual effects, gaming and comic (AVGC). The ministry of information and broadcasting, Government of India has established AVGC task force. The aim is to hold 5% (US $ 40 Billion) of the global gaming market.
Contents
- 1 Total Gaming
- 2 Techno Gamerz
- 3 AS Gaming
- 4 Lokesh Gamer
- 5 Gyan Gaming
- 6 Desi Gamers
- 7 Aditya Deepak Sawant
- 8 Carry is Live
- 9 Mythpat
- 10 TWO SIDE GAMERS
- 11 Free Fire India Official
- 12 Badge 99
- 13 Live Insaan
- 14 UnGraduate Gamer
- 15 Chapati Hindustani Gamer
Who are Gaming YouTubers
Gaming YouTubers are major players who showcase gameplays, different games, games allied hardware, products, etc. on YouTube are generally called as Gaming YouTubers. Some gaming YouTubers are dedicated players of certain games and other gaming Youtubers explore various games. They educate and entertain the subscriber base with their gaming videos.
There are various goals of gamers on YouTube which include:
- To acquire publicity in their niche
- To grab attention of the public
- For entertaining themselves as well as their followers
- For grabbing the attention of game manufacturing brands for promotion
- to convert their passion into a dedicated career choice
- To quench their thirst of gaming and satisfy their dopamine high that they get through playing various games.
Types of Gaming YouTube Channels
- Game reviews: Various games are launched every day. gamers try various games and share their honest reviews with their audience. Gaming reviews are a great way to educate about new or existing games.
- Live stream video games: Games have an element of surprise attached to it always. It binds the gamer as well as the viewers. In live stream the gamer plays the game and alongside buffers it on YouTube where the subscribers actively participate through comments and likes.
- Gaming news: being a billion dollar industry, the gaming fraternity regularly updates new changes or brings new products. gaming news allows subscribers to be aware of recent changes and updates.
- Game Analysis: With a lot of games present in the market, gamers play various games of their choice and share their insights with their audience. It helps games to acquire new users.
- Gaming Tutorials: Games like Among us became instant hits but to play efficiently one should know how to play. Gaming youTubers create videos where they teach the users how to play games efficiently.
- Explain Game series: many games are created in a compelling storytelling format. Most of the games leave a cliffhanger effect and this leads to the urge to play the next part of the game. Gaming youTubers connect the stories and inform the subscribers about the storyline.
Best Indian Gamers on YouTube (2023)
Total Gaming
YouTube Channel: Total Gaming
Ajay, popular online as Total Gaming (generally known as Ajju Bhai), is an Indian gaming YouTuber who live-streams the battle royale game Garena Free Fire on YouTube. Born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, he is the most subscribed Indian gaming YouTuber. Besides being a gamer and live streamer he is a software engineer, a freelancer and a “growth hacker”, and is working in Surat, Gujarat. He can code in numerous languages counting PHP and JavaScript.
He started playing mobile games like Clash of Clans in 2015. He also played Garena Free Fire in 2018, when he observed a few of his friends playing it, as it started getting famous in India at that time. He started playing the game on his PC. Later he grasped the game mechanics, and decided to create a YouTube channel, and launched his channel on October 9, 2018.
Soon, he began uploading videos of Garena Free Fire tips-and-tricks. Then he started live-streaming normal gaming videos. He would habitually play the “Clash Squad” mode. The channel was a “Free Fire-only” canal until 2020, when he relished live-streaming the game Grand Theft Auto 5. He then lengthened his channel by playing Spiderman and Unbelievable Hulk also. He also has 3.3M followers on his Instagram account! Surprisingly, he chooses to remain unidentified online, and even today hasn’t exposed his face to his audiences. He launched his channel nearly four years ago and today, he relishes views of 5.4 million views.
Techno Gamerz
YouTube Channel: Techno Gamerz
Ujjwal Chaurasia, also known as Techno Gamerz, is a professional YouTuber residing in the Indian capital of New Delhi. He gained recognition in the gaming community because of his GTA V series. His channel techno gamer is one of the biggest influencer marketing gaming channels in India, with 32.4M subscribers
Ujjwal entered the gaming world at a young age. As a child, he was quite fond and had an influence of video games. “Snow Bros” was the first video game that Ujjwal played at his brother’s residence. As he grew, he started developing an interest in GTA: Vice City. The idea that a player can do anything he wants in the game intrigued him. Techno gamerz efforts bore fruit, and on January 6 2019, his channel crossed 100K subscribers.
On August 13 2017, Ujjawal created a history channel and started uploading gaming tutorial videos. With some encouragement from his father, he started uploading gaming tutorial content frequently.
Ujjwals tutorial of downloading the Dragon Ball z game became a hit and got 250K in views. Apart from GTA, Ujjwal also plays many video games, including Minecraft and Red Dead Redemption 2.
Besides being an avid gamer, Ujjwal is also a storyteller. The first GTA video he uploaded saw a favourable response from his audience – this prompted Ujjwal to continue the series, which today has almost 138 episodes.
He also launched his second channel named ‘Ujjwal’ on January 20, 2018, on which he used to upload PUBG videos and streamed regularly. The channel has now 9.23M subscribers on YouTube. When he uploaded his first GTA video, his channel saw exponential progression. As an influencer he is well known for his unique content on online gaming and has 2.5 M followers on his Instagram Handle.
He is most popular for his GTA V series. The series of episodes (gaming web series) he created were highly valued by his followers. He was also featured in a music video titled ‘Game On’ produced by music producer Sez on the Beat to represent his voyage to fame and tribute to his following. Little did he know that the channel would get so much admiration and responsiveness that his subscriber base amplified to thousands, and later to millions.
He has entered in 361 squad games in Free Fire and has recorded 39 Booyahs, resulting in a win rate of 10.80%. He destroyed 604 opponents in this mode, making his K/D ratio 1.88.
He has also played 454 duo matches and has won 38 times, deciphering to a win rate of 8.37%.
He gained a decent following among Generation Z and Generation Alpha, resulting in a 2X growth in subscribers.
AS Gaming
YouTube Channel:AS Gaming
AS gaming, whose real name is Sahil Rana is an Indian YouTuber, content creator, and free-fire player. This year, he crossed his channel’s 19M subscriber threshold – a feat only a few Indian free-fire gamers have achieved.
Sahil created his YouTube channel in October 2016, but only three years later, he uploaded his first video titled “5 hidden places in Bermuda map”. The year 2020 proved to be a game-changer for the Indian YouTuber; he saw incredible surges in the channel numbers. AS gaming today has more than 19.4M subscribers. Sahil also has 2.6 M followers on Instagram.
Sahil creates content featuring Garena free fire gameplay. The YouTuber is consistent in posting unique videos and receives support from his large fan base.
Sahil maintains three more channels. A_s highlights boast 1.86M subscribers, Whereas A_S shorts has 1.28M subscribers – Sahil created this channel to upload YouTube shorts featuring challenges. Initially, he posted horizontal content but later changed it to vertical. The gamer also has another gaming channel named “Sahil Rana,” where he uploaded computer game videos and it has 1.18M subscribers.
Lokesh Gamer
YouTube Channel: Lokesh Gamer
Lokesh Raj, also known as Lokesh gamer, is an Indian gamer, content creator, and YouTuber who creates videos around Garena free fire. His friends and peers call him the “Diamond King” because of his exceptional in-game skills.
Lokesh resides in the South Indian state of Telangana. At a young age, the Indian YouTuber has achieved great success. His main channel, “LOKESH GAMER,” has 15.3M subscribers. The Indian gamer also has a second channel called “LR7 GAMING” with 1.14M subscribers, where he frequently streams fast-paced battle royale matches. Lokesh also uploads images and videos on social media platforms like Instagram. He has 3.7M followers on his official IG handle.
Lokesh gained popularity for his live streams on the Lokesh gamer channel. Free fire is one of the most famous battle royale games online. Many were prompted to upload game-related content; however, only some have managed to woo their audience with their skills, and Lokesh was one of them.
Lokesh started his YouTube channel in 2017 but posted his first video on April 7, 2019. Today the channel has 1.3K videos, which have accumulated 2.8 millions in views.
Gyan Gaming
YouTube Channel: Gyan Gaming
Ankit Sujan, also known as Gyan gaming, is a YouTuber gamer and free fire player from Kolkata, India. Ankit has a gaming channel named “Gyan Gaming”, where he uploads videos on Garena free fire.
Ankit’s in-game alias is gyan sujan. With his friends, AS Gaming and Raistar, the free fire gamer has uploaded multiple contents on the video streaming platform.
Gyan free fire UID 70393167. Ankit’s Guild is named Gyan gaming. The gamer has played 16000+ squad matches and bagged booyah’s in 5898 of them. Ankit has defeated 52459 opponents and has an outstanding KD ratio of 5.27, with a win rate of 36.76%. When it comes to games, Ankit 453 booyah’s in 1994 games and has outsmarted 5212 adversaries. The Youtuber achieved a win rate of 22.6 1% and a KD ratio of 3.38. Talking about solo matches, Gyan has participated in 1275 games. He emerged victorious in 153 matches bringing his win rate to 12%.
During the rainy season, he has defeated 1280 opponents and achieved a K/D ratio of 1.94. The gamer restricted himself to only squad matches and played 152 games, bagging 46 wins. Gyan has 46 kills to his name, bringing his win rate to 30.26%.
Sujan created his channel in the year 2017 and has more than 2100 videos uploaded. Initially, Gyan produced content spanning multiple games but turned his focus towards Garena free fire when the game started gaining popularity. Currently, Ankit has 14.5M subscribers on his YouTube channel and 1.5M followers on his Instagram profile. He regularly interacts with his fans by sharing posts related to travel events, game updates and gameplays.
